I Bought A Used IBM From The Shop
The ad in the paper stated that the local computer resell shop was going out of business at the end of the month. I had figured that this might happen, with the big chain store that had just popped up out at the mall. I had heard from some friends that the prices at the chain store were unbeatable.
I had bought a used ibm from the local shop about three years back, and had put it in my office at home to use. It had never given me any trouble. I also knew that my boss had purchased two of our last four iseries servers for the office from there. I remember the day that the owner of the computer shop came in to install the iseries servers, he was very nice to everyone in the office. He was a proud man.
Now, this new chain store is selling computers that are cheap, but I have never even heard of some of the brands. They all are very foreign, I do not even know if they offer installation or not. This is what happens when the big stores come in and put the little stores out.
I went in to the shop to see the man one last time and he remembered selling me the used ibm and he also remembered when he came to my office to install the iseries servers.